Bronga endorsed Yarrow Silvers, who announced her intent to run. Silvers became a regular presence during pandemic-era Assembly meetings and as a critic of the Bronson administration.
Karen Bronga, a retired educator who has represented East Anchorage on the city’s Assembly since 2022, will not run for reelection.
“She is ready to hit the ground running,” Bronga said of Silvers. She formally endorsed Silvers on Monday, and said she would be “a fighter for the East side.” Silvers entered citywide politics during the early part of the pandemic. She was one of the founding members of Anchorage Action, a group ofto counter some of the conservative rhetoric and tactics connected to the Save Anchorage movement that rallied behind Bronson’s successful insurgent campaign for mayor in 2021.
Yarrow Silvers, left, and Anna Brawley, on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023 at the Alaska State Capitol in Juneau.
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